prefix matching

[Stefan Meier]

Must be something like

>>> l=["pref1","pref2"]
>>> s="String"
>>> if filter(lambda x:s[:len(x)] == x, l):
>>>     # do something

Cheers,
Stefan

On Wednesday 26 May 2004 12:08 pm, Christian Gudrian wrote:
> Hello, there!
>
> Given a list with strings.
>
> What is the most pythonic way to check if a given string starts with one of
> the strings in that list?
>
> I started by composing a regular expression pattern which consists of all
> the strings in the list separated by "|" in a for loop. Then I used that
> pattern to do a regexp match.
>
> Seems rather complicated to me. Any alternatives?
>
> Christian

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